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On today’s third episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about new information from the
cast regarding Vecna, the new main villain in Stranger Things 4.
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Stranger Things 4 will introduce fans to Vecna, a ghoulish, powerful lich that slithers out
of the Upside Down to wreak havoc on Hawkins.
“Vecna makes a Demogorgon look cuddly,” executive producer and director Shawn Levy
told Variety on Saturday night at the worldwide premiere of Stranger Things season 4.
David Harbour, who stars as Hawkins police chief Jim Hopper, teased how Vecna embodies
a new horror element that viewers haven’t seen before.
“Vecna is a psychological horror that I don’t think we’ve really seen,” Harbour
told Variety.
“The Upside Down has been this wild west world where there are creatures running around,
there’s violence, but we’ve never seen something as calculatedly psychologically
evil as this.
That’s exciting because he is a true big bad that we’ve needed in the series.”
The third season, which was released nearly three years ago, left off with Hopper seemingly
being killed by sacrificing himself to close the gate to the Upside Down.
Hopper is far from dead, however, and is being held at an icy gulag in Russia.
“In a way, a piece of him does die when this happens,” Harbour said.
“Hopper needed to shed these layers that had been growing on him, this kind of gunk
that prevented him from being the man that could battle this evil in the Upside Down.”
He continued, “I don’t directly deal with Vecna, my storyline’s a little different,
but there’s a Demogorgon in a Russian prison that I got to deal with.
It’s pretty terrifying.”
Paying homage to the first season of Stranger Things”and the 80s horror films that inspired
it, Vecna was brought to life using mostly practical effects.
Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington, said he was inspired by the way special effects
were used on set.
“As a fan of practical effects and classic horror-adventure movies, it’s unparalleled,”
Keery told Variety.
“There aren’t other people that are doing similar things to this, so as the fan in me,
I was just freaking out.”
Gaten Matarazzo, who stars as Dustin Henderson, teased that Vecna will shift the series in
an unforeseen new direction.
“The craziest thing is just how new and fresh the villain feels compared to what we’ve
had before.
It’s something that brings a whole new vibe to how we deal with our villains in ‘Stranger
Things’ and how we will continue to do so going forward.”
Dustin, Mike, and Lucas are now new members of the Hellfire Club, Hawkins High’s “Dungeons
& Dragons” crew.
The group is led by the zany and outspoken metalhead Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn.
He discussed how terrifying the prosthetics of Vecna looked on set, at least while he
was on-camera.
“It was weird to see him on camera and he’s so terrifying, and then you see him off-camera
with an iced latte.
It’s quite a funny image,” Quinn said.
Priah Ferguson, who plays the sassy Erica Sinclair, said that the horror elements that
make Vecna so terrifying go beyond the typical jumpscare cliché.
When asked about him, Ferguson said “Vecna is very scary.
It’s something that messes with your mind.
I think that’s gonna get the audience a little bit more freaked out because that freaks
me out more than jump scares.”
She continued, “As ‘Stranger Things’ goes on, the show always gets darker and scarier,
and that’s because the audience grows.”
It sounds like Vecna will be the final boss of the Stranger Things franchise.
Will Vecna replace the Mind Flayer as the main antagonist in the plot?
We shall see.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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